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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 1h
A passionate Manchester United fan argues the case for why Manchester City need to be given the maximum penalty possible, but why is that? | Mark Cunliffe
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Let Manchester City have the two full barrels
A passionate Manchester United fan argues the case for why Manchester City need to be given the maximum penalty possible, but why is that?
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 1h
A passionate Manchester United fan argues the case for why Manchester City need to be given the maximum penalty possible, but why is that? | Mark Cunliffe
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Let Manchester City have the two full barrels
A passionate Manchester United fan argues the case for why Manchester City need to be given the maximum penalty possible, but why is that?
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 23h
He certainly did. Rowan Finch covered his tale too 👇🏻 The strange case of John 'Babbacombe' Lee, the man they couldn’t hang. Accused of murder, defies belief with his miraculous escape from the gallows centralbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
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Crime Chronicles part 9: John ‘Babbacombe’ Lee, the man they couldn’t hang
The strange case of John 'Babbacombe' Lee, accused of murder, defies belief with his miraculous escape from the gallows
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 4h
Birmingham Safer Futures launches to help domestic abuse victims New specialist domestic abuse service to support families across Birmingham
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Birmingham Safer Futures launches to help domestic abuse victims
New specialist domestic abuse service to support families across Birmingham
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 19h
New specialist domestic abuse service to support families across Birmingham | Central Bylines Reports
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Birmingham Safer Futures launches to help domestic abuse victims
New specialist domestic abuse service to support families across Birmingham
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 23h
He certainly did. Rowan Finch covered his tale too 👇🏻 The strange case of John 'Babbacombe' Lee, the man they couldn’t hang. Accused of murder, defies belief with his miraculous escape from the gallows centralbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
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Crime Chronicles part 9: John ‘Babbacombe’ Lee, the man they couldn’t hang
The strange case of John 'Babbacombe' Lee, accused of murder, defies belief with his miraculous escape from the gallows
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 23h
He certainly did. Rowan Finch covered his tale too 👇🏻
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Crime Chronicles part 9: John ‘Babbacombe’ Lee, the man they couldn’t hang
The strange case of John 'Babbacombe' Lee, accused of murder, defies belief with his miraculous escape from the gallows
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 30/09/2026
Have you been to this week's Labour conference and wish to share your thoughts in an article? Or perhaps you were pleased to hear Burnham's thoughts on Proportional Representation or closer working relationships with the EU Email mark@bylinesnetworks.co.uk if you wish to write
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 01/10/2026
So this just came up in conversation. So we thought why not share it again! Hanged, buried, and back from the dead – Half-Hangit Maggie lived to tell the tale that baffled a nation and changed the law
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Crime Chronicles part 3: The Tale of Half-Hangit Maggie – the woman they couldn’t hang
Hanged, buried, and back from the dead – Half-Hangit Maggie lived to tell the tale that baffled a nation and changed the law
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 30/09/2026
Have you been to this week's Labour conference and wish to share your thoughts in an article? Or perhaps you were pleased to hear Burnham's thoughts on Proportional Representation or closer working relationships with the EU Email mark@bylinesnetworks.co.uk if you wish to write
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 28/09/2026
West Midlands economic growth stabilises as WMCA 2026 report reveals widening inequalities | Trevor Russel
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The two faces of the West Midlands unveiled
West Midlands economic growth stabilises as WMCA 2026 report reveals widening inequalities
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 27/09/2026
M&S Custard Cream Spread: Britain has completed food One jar of M&S Custard Cream Spread has caused us to question civilisation, breakfast, mashed potato and the limits of human restraint @willyandbill.bsky.social
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M&S Custard Cream Spread: Britain has completed food
One jar of M&S Custard Cream Spread has caused us to question civilisation, breakfast, mashed potato and the limits of human restraint
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 25/09/2026
One jar of M&S Custard Cream Spread has caused us to question civilisation, breakfast, mashed potato and the limits of human restraint | Willy and Bill
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M&S Custard Cream Spread: Britain has completed food
One jar of M&S Custard Cream Spread has caused us to question civilisation, breakfast, mashed potato and the limits of human restraint
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 25/09/2026
M&S Custard Cream Spread: Britain has completed food One jar of M&S Custard Cream Spread has caused us to question civilisation, breakfast, mashed potato and the limits of human restraint @willyandbill.bsky.social
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M&S Custard Cream Spread: Britain has completed food
One jar of M&S Custard Cream Spread has caused us to question civilisation, breakfast, mashed potato and the limits of human restraint
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 25/09/2026
One jar of M&S Custard Cream Spread has caused us to question civilisation, breakfast, mashed potato and the limits of human restraint | Willy and Bill
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M&S Custard Cream Spread: Britain has completed food
One jar of M&S Custard Cream Spread has caused us to question civilisation, breakfast, mashed potato and the limits of human restraint
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 23/09/2026
We see what you did there, nicely played🤣
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 23/09/2026
You spoke, we listened. Article updated. Thanks for the tip.
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Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years
Beavers have been successfully reintroduced across the Midlands and are benefiting the wider environment
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 23/09/2026
You spoke, we listened. Article updated. Thanks for the tip.
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Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years
Beavers have been successfully reintroduced across the Midlands and are benefiting the wider environment
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 23/09/2026
You spoke, we listened. Article updated. Thanks for the tip.
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Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years
Beavers have been successfully reintroduced across the Midlands and are benefiting the wider environment
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 23/09/2026
You spoke, we listened. Article updated. Thanks for the tip.
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Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years
Beavers have been successfully reintroduced across the Midlands and are benefiting the wider environment
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 18/09/2026
Animism is seen as the oldest religion by many, are we on our way back to animistic belief in AI and our machines? | Brendan Nugent
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The old gods in new machines?
Animism is seen as the oldest religion by many, are we on our way back to animistic belief in AI and our machines?
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 23/09/2026
Fabulous!
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 23/09/2026
Any wine fans out there who wish to write about Halfpenny Green Wine Estate who along with 12 other honours have just taken the top title at the Wine GB Midlands & North 2026 Awards? There's a growing wine industry in the Midlands: email mark@bylinesnetworks.co.uk
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Vineyard near Stourbridge crowned winemaker of the year
THE team behind an award-winning vineyard near Stourbridge are celebrating after the estate was crowned 'winemaker of the year'
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 23/09/2026
Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years Beavers have been successfully reintroduced across the Midlands and are benefiting the wider environment | Louise Balint-Kurti
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Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years
Beavers have been successfully reintroduced across the Midlands and are benefiting the wider environment
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 19/09/2026
Crime levels are falling for most offences across the UK – but the public doesn’t necessarily feel safer | The Conversation
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Crime is falling – but the public doesn’t feel safer, study finds
Crime levels are falling for most offences across the UK – but the public doesn’t necessarily feel safer
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 20/09/2026
Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years Beavers have been successfully reintroduced across the Midlands and are benefiting the wider environment | Louise Balint-Kurti
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Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years
Beavers have been successfully reintroduced across the Midlands and are benefiting the wider environment
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 20/09/2026
Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years Beavers have been successfully reintroduced across the Midlands and are benefiting the wider environment | Louise Balint-Kurti
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Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years
Beavers have been successfully reintroduced across the Midlands and are benefiting the wider environment
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 19/09/2026
Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years Beavers have been successfully reintroduced across the Midlands and are benefiting the wider environment | Louise Balint-Kurti
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Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years
Beavers have been successfully reintroduced across the Midlands and are benefiting the wider environment
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 18/09/2026
Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years Beavers have been successfully reintroduced across the Midlands and are benefiting the wider environment | Louise Balint-Kurti
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Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years
Beavers have been successfully reintroduced across the Midlands and are benefiting the wider environment
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 19/09/2026
Crime levels are falling for most offences across the UK – but the public doesn’t necessarily feel safer | The Conversation
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Crime is falling – but the public doesn’t feel safer, study finds
Crime levels are falling for most offences across the UK – but the public doesn’t necessarily feel safer
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 18/09/2026
Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years Beavers have been successfully reintroduced across the Midlands and are benefiting the wider environment | Louise Balint-Kurti
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Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years
Beavers have been successfully reintroduced across the Midlands and are benefiting the wider environment
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 18/09/2026
Beavers have been successfully reintroduced across the Midlands and are benefiting the wider environment | Louise Balint-Kurti
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Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years
Beavers have been successfully reintroduced across the Midlands and are benefiting the wider environment
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 18/09/2026
Animism is seen as the oldest religion by many, are we on our way back to animistic belief in AI and our machines? | Brendan Nugent
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The old gods in new machines?
Animism is seen as the oldest religion by many, are we on our way back to animistic belief in AI and our machines?
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 17/09/2026
Boost for mental health treatment in West Midlands New mental health centres in local communities with no referrals and no waiting will bring a lifeline to many | Trevor Russel
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Boost for mental health treatment in West Midlands
New mental health centres in local communities with no referrals and no waiting will bring a lifeline to many
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 17/09/2026
Infection from the Covid-19 virus can result in damage to the vagus nerve, leading to a wide range of problems associated with long Covid | Victoria Cairns
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Finding ways to help recovery from long Covid
Infection from the Covid-19 virus can result in damage to the vagus nerve, leading to a wide range of problems associated with long Covid
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 16/09/2026
Boost for mental health treatment in West Midlands New mental health centres in local communities with no referrals and no waiting will bring a lifeline to many | Trevor Russel centralbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
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Boost for mental health treatment in West Midlands
New mental health centres in local communities with no referrals and no waiting will bring a lifeline to many
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 11/09/2026
Amy Lilwall’s novel The Water That May Come speaks to contemporary concerns about climate breakdown and anti-migrant rhetoric | Clive Simpson
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The Water That May Come: fiction and climate reality collide
Amy Lilwall’s novel The Water That May Come speaks to contemporary concerns about climate breakdown and anti-migrant rhetoric
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 14/09/2026
Imagining climate futures at Threekingham Literary Festival The Threekingham Literary Festival unpicked the imminent threat of climate change to Britain, concluding with a call to action | Clive Simpson @simpsonclive.bsky.social
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Imagining climate futures at Threekingham Literary Festival
The Threekingham Literary Festival unpicked the imminent threat of climate change to Britain, concluding with a call to action
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 14/09/2026
Imagining climate futures at Threekingham Literary Festival The Threekingham Literary Festival unpicked the imminent threat of climate change to Britain, concluding with a call to action | Clive Simpson @simpsonclive.bsky.social
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Imagining climate futures at Threekingham Literary Festival
The Threekingham Literary Festival unpicked the imminent threat of climate change to Britain, concluding with a call to action
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 12/09/2026
Imagining climate futures at Threekingham Literary Festival The Threekingham Literary Festival unpicked the imminent threat of climate change to Britain, concluding with a call to action | Clive Simpson @simpsonclive.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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Imagining climate futures at Threekingham Literary Festival
The Threekingham Literary Festival unpicked the imminent threat of climate change to Britain, concluding with a call to action
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 12/09/2026
The Threekingham Literary Festival unpicked the imminent threat of climate change to Britain, concluding with a call to action | Clive Simpson
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Imagining climate futures at Threekingham Literary Festival
The Threekingham Literary Festival unpicked the imminent threat of climate change to Britain, concluding with a call to action
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 11/09/2026
Amy Lilwall’s novel The Water That May Come speaks to contemporary concerns about climate breakdown and anti-migrant rhetoric | Clive Simpson
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The Water That May Come: fiction and climate reality collide
Amy Lilwall’s novel The Water That May Come speaks to contemporary concerns about climate breakdown and anti-migrant rhetoric
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 11/09/2026
New mental health centres in local communities with no referrals and no waiting will bring a lifeline to many | Trevor Russel
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Boost for mental health treatment in West Midlands
New mental health centres in local communities with no referrals and no waiting will bring a lifeline to many
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 08/09/2026
Tired behind the wheel? Have a double caffeine nap! New advice for drivers with obstructive sleep apnoea on managing tiredness behind the wheel following caffeine nap study | Road Safety Trust
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Tired behind the wheel? Have a double caffeine nap!
New advice for drivers with obstructive sleep apnoea on managing tiredness behind the wheel following caffeine nap study
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 07/09/2026
Tired behind the wheel? Have a double caffeine nap! New advice for drivers with obstructive sleep apnoea on managing tiredness behind the wheel following caffeine nap study | Road Safety Trust @centralbylines.co.uk
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Tired behind the wheel? Have a double caffeine nap!
New advice for drivers with obstructive sleep apnoea on managing tiredness behind the wheel following caffeine nap study
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 04/09/2026
We have a chance to influence the new government, using the power of our citizen journalism - and the weight, literally, of our Gazette - to make politicians do more to secure justice for those abused by Mohamed Al Fayed. We are raising £6,000 to print and send the Gazette to every MP 👇
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Where is justice? Survivors voices in parliament
Put survivors’ testimony about Mohamed Al-Fayed in front of MPs – securing an inquiry, breaking down barriers and holding power to account.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 03/09/2026
TONIGHT..... 7.00–8.15 pm Bylines Network webinar: “Cleaning Up Politics: How Britain Rebuilds Trust”, Speakers Neal Lawson, Prof Christina Pagel, Dominic Grieve KC and Gina Miller, chaired by Mike Galsworthy. Discussion on political standards and accountability bit.ly/politicsclea...
TONIGHT..... 7.00–8.15 pm

Bylines Network webinar: “Cleaning Up Politics: How Britain Rebuilds Trust”, Speakers Neal Lawson, Prof Christina Pagel, Dominic Grieve KC and Gina Miller, chaired by Mike Galsworthy. Discussion on political standards and accountability 
https://bit.ly/politicscleanup
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 03/09/2026
TONIGHT..... 7.00–8.15 pm Bylines Network webinar: “Cleaning Up Politics: How Britain Rebuilds Trust”, Speakers Neal Lawson, Prof Christina Pagel, Dominic Grieve KC and Gina Miller, chaired by Mike Galsworthy. Discussion on political standards and accountability bit.ly/politicsclea...
TONIGHT..... 7.00–8.15 pm

Bylines Network webinar: “Cleaning Up Politics: How Britain Rebuilds Trust”, Speakers Neal Lawson, Prof Christina Pagel, Dominic Grieve KC and Gina Miller, chaired by Mike Galsworthy. Discussion on political standards and accountability 
https://bit.ly/politicscleanup
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 03/09/2026
TONIGHT..... 7.00–8.15 pm Bylines Network webinar: “Cleaning Up Politics: How Britain Rebuilds Trust”, Speakers Neal Lawson, Prof Christina Pagel, Dominic Grieve KC and Gina Miller, chaired by Mike Galsworthy. Discussion on political standards and accountability bit.ly/politicsclea...
TONIGHT..... 7.00–8.15 pm

Bylines Network webinar: “Cleaning Up Politics: How Britain Rebuilds Trust”, Speakers Neal Lawson, Prof Christina Pagel, Dominic Grieve KC and Gina Miller, chaired by Mike Galsworthy. Discussion on political standards and accountability 
https://bit.ly/politicscleanup
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🔥TOMORROW🔥 Delighted to say lots of people booked to come. Should be superb. Pls share. The link you need —> www.tickettailor.com/events/bylin...
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Book your place – Cleaning up politics: how Britain rebuilds trust – Zoom
Cleaning up politics: how Britain rebuilds trust – Zoom, Thu 3 Sep 2026 - LIVE WEBINAR. Part of the Bylines Network "making sense of our times" series. Andy Burnham, Britain’s new Prime Minister, has...
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